NEW MEASURES AT BORDER GATES FOR ENTRY INTO TURKEY AND NORMALISATION PROCESS BEGINNING AS OF 1 JULY 2021

1. CURFEW AND INTERCITY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS

2. ACTIVITIES OF WORKPLACES

• All workplaces that are currently suspended will be able to operate again;

• The cinema halls, whose activities have been suspended, will operate;

• Provided that the distance rules between tables and/or chairs specified in the Pandemic Management and Working Guide are complied with; restrictions on the number of people who can be at the same table at the same time will not be implemented in the indoor or outdoor areas of eating and drinking places;
• All workplaces will be able to operate within the opening and closing hours set by the relevant administration in accordance with the subject of activity in their licenses.
• Music broadcasts, which currently end at 22:00 hours in accommodation facilities and at 21:00 in other places, can be performed until 24:00 hours, until further notice.
• Provided that the rules and principles set forth in the Pandemic Management and Working Guide are followed, additional restrictions imposed by the circulars on places such as parks, gardens, campsites, picnic/recreation areas will be lifted.

3. MEETINGS/EVENTS AND WEDDINGS

• All kinds of activities with wide participations, including the General Assembly meetings of NGOs (in Turkish, “STK’lar”), unions (in Turkish, “Sendikalar”), Occupational organizations in the nature of public institutions (in Turkish, “Kamu kurumu niteliğindeki meslek kuruluşları”), cooperatives and associations (in Turkish, “Kooperatifler” ve “Birlikler”);
• Demonstrations (in Turkish, “Gösteri”) or marches (in Turkish, “Yürüyüşler”).

4. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MEASURES

• Passenger/seat capacity restrictions on all public transport in the city and/or intercity will be discontinued from Thursday, 1 July 2021.
• Restrictions on the use of public transport in the city for citizens aged 65 and over and young people/children under the age of 18 will be lifted  from Thursday, 1 July 2021.

5. MEASURES REGARDING ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES

6. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS WORKING HOURS

7. MEASURES TO BE APPLIED AT TURKISH BORDER GATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

• Turkey has suspended flights from Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka as of July 1^st, 2021;

• Those who travel from Afghanistan or Pakistan to Turkey or had been to these countries for the last 14 days will be subject to 10 days quarantine when arriving in Turkey. The conditions and place of where the individuals may be quarantined shall be determined by the relevant governorship (in Turkish, “valilik”);
• Those who travel from the United Kingdom, Iran, Egypt, and Singapore to Turkey will be required to have a negative test result obtained 72 hours before travelling to Turkey;
• For all other countries those who travel to Turkey will be required to fulfill the below requirements:
•       When entering Turkey, the passengers can submit a document issued by the relevant country’s official authorities stating that such individual has been vaccinated at least 14 days before entrance to Turkey and/or that he had recovered from the disease in the last six months starting on the 28th day of the first positive PCR test;
•        Otherwise, the proof of a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours before travelling to Turkey orrapid antigen test (in Turkish, “negatif hızlı antijen testi”) (performed within last 48 hours) before entry to Turkey will be required.
• The circular also requires that all passengers coming to all Turkish border gates from all countries are subject to PCR testing on the basis of sampling at arrival. These passengers will be allowed to proceed to their final destination after the test samples are taken. If the test results are positive, they will be treated in accordance with the Covid-19 guidelines of the Ministry of Health. Passengers and the persons with close contact with passengers with positive test results will be quarantined for 14 days at the addresses they have determined, and quarantine conditions will be terminated if the PCR test results to be performed at the end of the 10th day are negative. The quarantine conditions of those who are found to be carrying the Delta variant will be terminated with a negative PCR test result at the end of the 14th day.
• Turkish citizens entering Turkey must submit a document showing that they had been vaccinated at least 14 days before their arrival in Turkey and/or that they had recovered from the disease in the last six months starting on the 28^th day of the first positive PCR test and those who can submit the result of a negative PCR test or rapid antigen test (performed within the last 48 hours) in the last 72 hours prior to arrival to Turkey are allowed to enter.